Legal Opinion
Rebecca A. Bakri v. Venture Mfg. Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 17, 2007No. 05-4532PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
The question in this ERISA case arising from a company’s deferred compensation plan is whether the District Court erred in granting summary judgment for the defendant company by holding that the plaintiff, Rebecca Bakri, a former employee, was a participant in a “top hat” deferred compensation plan as defined by 29 U.S.C. § 1051(a)(2) 1 which exempts such plans from the vesting or nonforfeitability requirements of § 1053. We do not believe that the plan in question qualifies as a “top hat” plan because it does not meet the “selectivity” requirements of § 1051(2).…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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